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Mississippi Business NewsFri, 31 Jul 2015 20:53:11 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3Thompson announced $499K grant for Alcorn Statehttp://msbusiness.com/2015/01/thompson-announced-499k-grant-alcorn-state/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/01/thompson-announced-499k-grant-alcorn-state/#commentsThu, 15 Jan 2015 14:22:00 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=97551LORMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing $499,794 in food and farm research funds to Alcorn State University. The grant announcement came Wednesday from U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. The money comes from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The money will be used for research and education into regional and ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/gop-congressional-delegation-opposes-obamas-immigration-order/feed/0Voters pull hammer for incumbents, hunting and fishinghttp://msbusiness.com/2014/11/voters-pull-hammer-incumbents-hunting-fishing/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/voters-pull-hammer-incumbents-hunting-fishing/#commentsWed, 05 Nov 2014 12:54:35 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=95749ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Voters yesterday re-elected Republican Sen. Thad Cochran and all four incumbent congressmen. Cochran, 76, said he intends to serve the entire six-year term. With Republicans taking over the Senate, he could become a committee chairman. He is a former Appropriations chairman, and has steered billions of dollars to the state for hurricane ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/11/voters-pull-hammer-incumbents-hunting-fishing/feed/0Ex-Delta mayor indicted, accused of stealing city propertyhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/09/ex-delta-mayor-indicted-accused-stealing-city-property/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/ex-delta-mayor-indicted-accused-stealing-city-property/#commentsSun, 28 Sep 2014 17:47:23 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=94136MOUND BAYOU — Mound Bayou’s former mayor has been indicted on charges that he stole city property and used it in his restaurant. The Bolivar County sheriff’s office said Kennedy Johnson turned himself in Thursday on the three-count embezzlement indictment and is free on $15,000 bond. Sheriff’s officials said Johnson is scheduled to be arraigned ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/ex-delta-mayor-indicted-accused-stealing-city-property/feed/0Tunica Municipal Airport lands more USDOT money for hangarhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/09/tunica-municipal-airport-lands-usdot-money-hangar/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/tunica-municipal-airport-lands-usdot-money-hangar/#commentsWed, 17 Sep 2014 17:02:27 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=93658TUNICA — The U.S. Department of Transportation is giving the Tunica Municipal Airport an additional $1.1 million to help pay for a new hangar. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson says Tunica County is receiving $2.5 million from the federal agency for the current federal budget year, which ends Sept. 30. The county will receive the other ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/tunica-municipal-airport-lands-usdot-money-hangar/feed/0House votes for transfer of Yellow Creek Port land to statehttp://msbusiness.com/2014/09/house-votes-transfer-yellow-creek-port-land-state/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/house-votes-transfer-yellow-creek-port-land-state/#commentsTue, 16 Sep 2014 15:09:57 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=93616IUKA — The House of Representatives has passed by voice vote H.R. 3044, which approves the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka. Located on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, the Yellow Creek Port was developed for economic development purposes by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in cooperation with the state of Mississippi. “Manufacturing remains one ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/09/house-votes-transfer-yellow-creek-port-land-state/feed/1Bryant protests immigrant children being housed in statehttp://msbusiness.com/2014/07/bryant-protests-immigrant-children-housed-state/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/07/bryant-protests-immigrant-children-housed-state/#commentsFri, 25 Jul 2014 12:13:07 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=91442JACKSON — Mississippi has received fewer than 200 of the unaccompanied immigrant children who crossed the U.S. border and were released to sponsors so far this year, but the war of words over such children continues within the state. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families released data yesterday ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2014/07/bryant-protests-immigrant-children-housed-state/feed/11Palazzo defeats Taylor in 4th Congressional District primaryhttp://msbusiness.com/2014/06/palazzo-defeats-taylor-4th-congressional-district-primary/
http://msbusiness.com/2014/06/palazzo-defeats-taylor-4th-congressional-district-primary/#commentsThu, 05 Jun 2014 12:39:47 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=89773MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Steven Palazzo has won the Republican nomination in Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District. Palazzo, a 44-year-old two-term incumbent from Biloxi, defeated four challengers in the primary, including Gene Taylor, a Democrat-turned-Republican who served 22 year in Congress before Palazzo beat him in 2010. Palazzo won just more than 50 percent in the ...